Reduce HEAT: A Randomized Trial of Wearable Thermal Devices for ADT-Induced Hot Flashes
Reduce Hot flashEs AssociaTed With ADT (Reduce HEAT) - a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of a Wearable Thermal Device for Patients With Prostate Cancer on ADT With Bothersome Vasomotor Symptoms
- Prostate Cancer
- Hot Flashes
- Vasomotor Symptoms
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Enrolment target
- 66
- Started
- 1 October 2026
- Main results due
- 31 December 2027
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 25 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Men only.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a clinical or pathologic confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer * Patients must be undergoing treatment with standard androgen deprivation therapy (i.e., GnRH agonist or antagonist) for ≥ 4 weeks. Patients must remain on ADT for the duration of the study (12 weeks); they may receive treatment with an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI), radioligand therapy, or immunotherapy combined with ADT. * Patients must report bothersome hot flash symptoms (defined as ≥ 28 hot flashes per week, perceived to be at least moderately bothersome to the patient), during a period of at least 30 days prior to entering the study. * Age ≥18 years. * ECOG performance status ≤ 2 * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant and nursing women are excluded as prostate cancer is a disease of men. * Participants with a concurrent diagnosis, including separate malignancy, that may limit life expectancy \< 6 months. * Systemic antineoplastic therapy besides approved ARPI, radioligand therapy, and immunotherapy - enrollment in a clinical trial that is using SOC therapeutic options in these categories is allowed.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
This is a prospective, randomized, non-pharmacologic interventional trial evaluating the effectiveness of the Embr Wave wearable thermal device in reducing hot flash burden in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Participants will be randomized 1:1 to immediate (12 weeks) versus delayed (after 6 weeks) use of the Embr Wave device. The study aims to determine whether the device reduces vasomotor symptoms using a number of patient-reported outcomes
Study sites(1)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Recruiting
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07729150. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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